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Throwback Thursday – Craft Night
Tonight we host our second official (open to the public) Craft Night at Gather. We’ve been hosting craft nights in some form or another for quite some time now – even before we were a real entity. Today we throwback to when our craft nights were hosted by the wonderful Jessica Shurr at she and…
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Fill your Easter baskets with handcrafted-ness
Don’t forget, this Saturday Gather will be hosting a Craft Table at the Downtown Easter Egg Hunt on the Square!!! The Green Nursery will be dyeing eggs, and O’Child will be handing out cookies!!! And More!!! Egg Hunts starts at 11!
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Maker Monday – Awesome by Jenna
Hey folks, it’s Maker Monday again!!! So excited to bring you a NEW maker each month to introduce you and let you get to know them better!! This week we’re bringing you the backstory from Jenna Gordon from Awesome by Jenna!! You’re surely familiar with her work in the store because we simply can’t keep…
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Pinterest Pics – Weekly Round-Up
This past week Bloomington (and IU and most of the school systems) has been on Spring Break. For those of us enjoying a staycation here in Bloomington for the week (because, we have a shoppe to keep open;)) we decided to do a little round-up of awesome and fun things to do in Bloomington. We’ll…
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Best-Loved Handcrafted Treasure – from Talia
Today I’m going to share with you my most favorite handmade item that I own. This will be the first in a series of blog posts from people around our community – sharing what we Love most about handmade with you, our community. I’m SO excited to get this blog series started because we have…
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Maker Monday – Handmade Family
Happy Maker Monday!! Starting today, we’ll be featuring a new maker each week both here on the blog, and in the shoppe!! Be sure to stop by and see their products in person (open Wed through Sun)!! First up: Handmade Family! We were introduced to the awesome Handmade Family when our dear Sally Harless…
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Pinterest Pics – Weekly Round-Up
This week, we are highlighting some fun, family craft ideas. With Spring Break drawing near, I am sure a lot of us are thinking: “What do we do with the kids while they aren’t at school?” Maybe you get to hang out with them more during the day, or perhaps just on the weekends. Either…
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Geek Girl Crush – episode 2.0
In 2015 Gather was excited to exhibit Lori Leaumont’s ceramic work under a show entitled Geek Girl Crush featuring awesome female heroines like Professor McGonagall and Kaylee Frye. This year, we’re bringing back the Geek Girl Crush theme to create an ANNUAL GROUP Show focusing on ‘geek’ female heroines! Please submit your artwork via this…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Thus begins the start of a hopeful & long (renewed) courtship with writing and my life. Here I hope to lay forth the weekly tales of what it means to own a little boutique in Bloomington, IN and the experiences that come with it. Each week I yearn to share with you the stories that…